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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">When an item is locked through Project Security, the lock is indicated in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_BodyText"> by a marker against the item, as shown below.</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="clippedbrowser_userlock.png" width="292" height="416" border="0" alt="ClippedBrowser_Userlock"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The meaning of the marker depends on the security mode.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">If you are using the </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="securitypolicy.htm">Require User Lock to Edit</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> security mode</span><span class="f_BodyText">:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">No</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> marker - there is no lock, the item is </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">not</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> editable, but any user can now <a href="applyauserlock.htm">apply a user lock</a> to edit the item</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">Blue</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> exclamation mark - the current user has applied a user lock and can edit the item; no other user can edit the item</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">Red</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> exclamation mark - another user has applied a user lock, and the current user cannot edit the item.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">If you are using the </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="securitypolicy.htm">standard</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"><a href="securitypolicy.htm"> security mode</a>:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">No</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> marker - there is no lock, the item </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">is</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> editable, but any user can now <a href="applyauserlock.htm">apply a user or group lock</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">Blue</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> exclamation mark - the item has a lock set by the current user or a group having the current user as a member, and the user can edit the item</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">Red</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> exclamation mark - the item has a lock set by another user, or a group of which the current user is not a member; the current user cannot edit the item.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">If another user has locked an item, you can <a href="discovering_who_has_locked_an_.htm">identify who has locked it</a>.</span></p>




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